Scouts Present Report to the Nation

Boy Scouts of America
Thursday, 22 April 1999

WASHINGTON, DC - The Boy Scouts of America presented its annual Report to the Nation to President Clinton and US House and Senate members during a five-day tour of Washington. Seven youth delegates from across the nation representing Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting, and Venturing presented the report.

The delegates represented more than 4.7 million youth who participate in the values-driven programs of the BSA. The Report to the Nation is presented annually to the executive branch and both houses of Congress by a youth contingent and highlights Scouting's achievements during the year.

The delegates for 1998 were: Dawnn Rae Burnett, 18, Highland, Michigan; Andre Mitchell, 18, Daphene, Alabama; David Maldonado, 17, River Ridge, Louisiana; Aaron Hall, 16, Milltown, Montana; Will Parker, 18, Davidson, North Carolina; Truong Dang Nguyen, 13, Portland, Maine; and Roberto Mercado, 10, Stow, Ohio.

In addition to the presentations, the delegation toured traditional sites and visited with national dignitaries. Sites on the touring schedule included; the White House; the Supreme Court; the Secret Service laboratory; the Pentagon; the US Capitol: the Vietnam, Lincoln, and Jefferson Memorials; and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

With more than 5.6 million youth and adult members, the Boy Scouts of America is one of the nation's largest youth-development organizations. Since the BSA's inception in 1910, more than 99 million young people have been involved in Scouting.

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